A Trucker's Tale

Driving for hours often fills my head with a lot of ideas, stories, and thoughts so I figured I had better start writing them down so I can clear my head.

[crazy-brazilian]

[atruckerstale]

Heads up to any trucker driving a new freightliner (Mine's a cascadia so don't know about the others)

If your windshield wiper isn't working on the low settings but IS working on that continual settings, it is because some brilliant person installed a rain sensor in the truck.

I have ZERO clue why this exists but apparently if your truck is not in motion and it isn't raining enough to trigger the sensor, the delay settings will not activate when you turn it on.

If anyone has an explanation on why oh WHY this was necessary, please feel free to tell me.

[funnelcloudd]

How come semi trucks in Europe look like “toot toot :)” and in North America they look like “HONK HOOOOOOOONK >:|”

[funnelcloudd]

“Henlo I am big twuck pwease give me wots of woom tank u :)”

“I WILL FUCKING PANCAKE YOUR CUCK ASS”

[spontaneousmusicalnumber]

@trainwreckgenerator why did you hide these in the tags

[digitaldiscipline]

This suggests that Maximum Overdrive was Jurassic Park for motor vehicles.

[cheesedemon]

I’m sorry, but that is misleading as hell. American and European trucks are bred for different purposes.

American trucks are bred for long hauls on largely straight roads. They can go for hours without a break. A European truck needs more breaks and a lighter load, and they would indeed take great internal damage if they tried to keep up with the Longsnout.

The European Shortsnout is not bred for looks, but for agility! They navigate the windy roads of Europe in a way that would be way too risky for the powerful, but more clumsy American truck. It is true that the European overheats faster at high speeds, that is the very reason that breaks every 4,5 hours are mandatory for both the truck and the handler and a day of driving can never be longer then 9 hours.

So, all in all, appreciate all of our trucks and our shared history, and be the responsible owner that gets the right breed for the right job.

[kedreeva]

To be fair, the US does have shortnose trucks as well, they’re just a breed kept mainly for very local work where, like the above says, they are working in places with lots of turns, shorter drives, and plenty of stops. I see them used for garbage pickup a lot, where a longnosed Mack wouldn’t be able to fit much less maneuver, and the short nose prevents them from getting rubs (raw skin or even open sores) on their snouts.

I would also like to point out that the tags have got it backwards. The wild trucks (which I’m pretty sure are extinct in the wild now) that all modern breeds stemmed from were shortnose trucks. We had known about automobiles and domesticated several species, but the truck species was not discovered until close to the start of the 1900’s, in Germany, which I BELIEVE was the first country to breed them in captivity, although England was the first country to really start using them for work. I managed to find a photo of taxidermied specimen

As you can see, it resembles both long and short nosed breeds, as well as the far more common house truck used by individuals instead of for commercial work.

As to the aggression, while the mack longnose LOOKS aggressive, they’re generally gentle giants (although please do give them space on the road! not seeing you in their blind spot is NOT the same as aggression!), it is actually the smaller house truck that is often trained by their handler to be aggressive: the keyword being TRAINED, they are also not naturally aggressive. The only time I have seen a mack be commonly aggressive is when they are pulling 2 gravel trailers, and I would be cranky if I was being overworked, too. If you see them hauling that kind of load, just give them space, and you’ll be fine.

[ub-sessed]

I feel like somebody should add something about the Australian variants.

[nudityandnerdery]

From my understanding of Australian wildlife:

[jitterbugjive]

@rhythmrender

[rhythmrender]

SURGERY TOMORROW

Picking up my mother today so I may be pretty scarce a while. I will make sure to post updates once able 💚

The donations reached enough to cover the surgery so all donations received now will be going towards bills, medication, and food during recovery.

Thank y'all so very much for all the support and love 💚💚💚

Tumor Trouble, organized by Atem Morrel

Howdy y'all!  In 2018, I had gotten tumors removed from my lower stomach and have been happily on the mend… Atem Morrel needs your support

[mahado-the-trucker-cat]

My last delivery closed early yesterday so I'm spending Christmas at a tiny rest stop at a beach XD

It's been raining nearly nonstop but it paused long enough for us to take a second and make a sandman! (He wasn't happy when the rain kicked back up though XD)

Happy holidays, Merry Christmas, all that jazz 💚

[rhythmrender]

Tumor Trouble, organized by Atem Morrel

Howdy y'all!  In 2018, I had gotten tumors removed from my lower stomach and have been happily on the mend… Atem Morrel needs your support

As some of y'all might recall, I got surgery for tumors in 2018.

Well guess what came back.

Apparently they missed some cells in there as the suckers decided to grow back and now I need another surgery.

The surgery date is set for April 9th 2021 so I have till then to raise $7000 to cover the copay, bills, and food during my recovery.

I will also be working and saving between now and then so fingers crossed I'll be able raise most of this myself but I know I won't make the full amount in time. (I would have but an emergency mentioned on the donation site ended up draining my savings)

Do NOT donate if it puts you in any financial issues to do so. Please just share.

But if you can donate a dollar or more, that would be deeply appreciated.

Thank y'all so much for the help and support.

[rhythmrender]

Watch "Vote for the Rule of Law." on YouTube

[jiangshi]

people who leave their phones set to military time are fuckin war criminals how do you look at 16:05 and go wow i can understand that . fucking bootlickers whats next? you gonna go join the army??recruit me?

[virieu]

americans be like ok i cant count past 12 actually

[atruckerstale]

Truckers use this time as well so we don't confuse delivery times XD my friends get so confused when they see my truck dash clock reading 15:30

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Steinwinter Supercargo 20.40 Concept, 1983. A prototype for a truck whose cabin was cantilevered in front of the front wheels and engine with the load above. It was powered by a Daimler-Benz OM 442 LA 14 litre V8 truck engine

[mahado-the-trucker-cat]

Someone wants you attention!

Ok! I have finally set up a PO box for Mahado so if y'all wanna send him some toys, treats, or tributes to his fluffiness, please DM me and I'll share it with you!

Otherwise I finally have everything for the 500+ followers celebration so keep an eye out for that shortly!

[mahado-the-trucker-cat]

So, I am 5 followers away from 500 and...wow that's quite a few folks out there enjoying my fluffy friend!

I want to do something to celebrate as well as thank yall for joining us in our random shenanigans but I'm not 100% sure what to do...

Any suggestions?

Maybe a 'Meme Mahado' event where I let yall come up with some silly memes of him and some of the best ones will get a prize?

I have some extra non-medical face masks (some have smiles on them and some have kitty smiles) that could be the prize...again, what do yall think?

[vcrcleaner]

Extremely City white people are so fucking weird they see a pic of a deer and theyre like "its an Old God, tell me the wisdom of the trees Forest Lord ... wow this is just like game of thrones" its a deer. Its a fucking stupid idiot animal it doesnt know shit

[vcrcleaner]

Ive seen ur "kings of the forest" get scared by a leaf, sprint directly into oncoming traffic and break their legs on a bus. If theyre an avatar of anything its idiocy.

[rhythmrender]

Mnstr💚momma - will adopt you 🦈🦎🍁🎄🌌 on Twitter

“Message from my dad, who is an ER doctor in the U.S.:”

[rhythmrender]

PSA to those not sick and need work:

Reach out to the warehouses and transportation companies for openings. This madness has made the need for more people rise as we struggle to get products like toilet paper, sanitizer, food, ect. out to the stores.

Most places typically pay well and come with great benefits so this may be the best chance to snag a steady job.

[mahado-the-trucker-cat]

All the companies we worked for adore him but only the most recent one actually showed it through awards and such XD He was very proud, of course

[mahado-the-trucker-cat]

Three years into trucking with me, Mahado proved that he is an excellent protector.

Often I will leave the door open when I exit the truck to attach or detached trailers so Mahado can hop up in to my seat, breathe the fresh air, and keep an eye on me.

However one day, when I was cranking a landing gear (the legs) of the trailer down to detach from it, a man came up behind me and shoved me against the trailer trying to restrain me but before I could get him off me, I heard Mahado let out a very loud yowl and the man screamrd. When I managed to turn around, I saw Mahado latched on to the guy's leg and was biting, hissing, spitting, scratching, and tearing his leg apart!

With his help I manage to get the man to the ground just in time for police to show up since someone saw what was happening and called the police.

Mahado earned all the treats that day.

[rhythmrender]

Minor complications but surgery is done! Now the three week recovery period >.>

Thank yall for the well wishes and support!

I'm healing quickly and well!